The relationship between pain and functional disability in black and white older adults

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 341-354

  Horgas, Ann L ^a   Yoon, Saunjoo L ^a   Nichols, Austin Lee ^b   Marsiske, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Disability; Health disparities; Pain; Race

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISABLED PERSONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 50349103233     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20270     Document Type: Article

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